News Category: Climate Action
RFP: Building Community Capacity for Resiliency
The NY-NJ Harbor & Estuary Program (HEP) is requesting proposals to support communities seeking to advance research, planning, and/or infrastructure projects that will help increase resilience to recurring extreme weather […]
View Full ArticleRequest for Proposals: Advancing Habitat Restoration with Community
The New York-New Jersey Harbor & Estuary Program (HEP) is requesting proposals to support habitat restoration for wildlife in sites recognized in the Hudson-Raritan Estuary Comprehensive Restoration Plan or similar […]
View Full ArticleLEED Training Available Now – Fall Webinars!
LEED Green Associate Certification: Fall Enrollment LEED is the #1 Sustainability Certification: LEED is a scorecard to rate Green Buildings, but, people can also become LEED accredited highlighting their expertise about […]
View Full ArticleThe 2025 RFP Application is Now Open for ‘Water: Designing an Equitable Water Future for New York City’
Design Trust for Public Space has launched its 2025 Request For Projects “Water: Designing an Equitable Water Future for NYC”—an initiative to seed and develop projects that recognize the future […]
View Full ArticleASLA-NY’s Yi Zhang Publishes a Paper on how extreme heat events reveal critical gaps in pedestrian infrastructure
Extreme heat is one of the most common climate hazards in our cities today . This paper is a personal reflection on two heat-related medical emergencies I experienced in New […]
View Full ArticleDEC PROPOSES UPGRADED WATERBODY RECLASSIFICATIONS TO ACHIEVE A ‘SWIMMABLE AND FISHABLE’ GOAL FOR NEW YORK CITY WATERS
Proposed Regulatory Amendments Strengthen Water Quality Protections in Marine Waters Primarily Around New York City Public Hearings Scheduled for June 16 and June 18, 2025; Comments Accepted through June 26, […]
View Full ArticleGreen-Wood Research Fellowship Award in Urban Environmental Science
Green-Wood Research Fellowship Award in Urban Environmental Science Green-Wood’s 2025 environmental research fellowship award application is currently open! This year’s grant award is up to $10k for emerging investigators to […]
View Full ArticleUS Bureau of Reclamation – Water Research Project Grants
The US Bureau of Reclamation provides funding of up to $5 million for: Water conservation and efficiency projects Water management and infrastructure improvements River and watershed restoration projects. This grant program empowers […]
View Full ArticleFederal Biodiversity Funding Available
ASLA maintains a member-only list of federal grant opportunities that are especially relevant to landscape architects. Government Affairs has recently highlighted two upcoming biodiversity grant deadlines under the National Fish and […]
View Full ArticleASLA-NY Joins the Rise to Resilience Coalition
ASLA-NY Joins the Rise to Resilience Coalition In January ASLA-NY joined the RISE TO RESILIENCE COALITION, adding the voice of landscape architects to those of more than 100 organizations in […]
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